Phase Diagram Basics:

View in Frames: Analytic, Experimental, Examples, Visualization

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This paper is divided into four specific sections:

• The Analytical Methods and Basic Concepts section focuses on the equations and theory behind a phase diagram.
  
• The Experimental section explains the procedures used to develop and confirm a phase diagram by evaluating specific materials.
  
• The Examples and Applications section works through sample problems and shows how phase diagrams affect material selection with real world applications.
  
• The Scientific Visualization group brings this paper to life providing the pictures , movies, and interactive clickable maps. On their page you can work through a tutorial and learn how they created the images and movies for this project.
  

This project is intended to help students who are studying binary phase diagrams in MSE 2034 and 2044, Introduction to Material Science and Engineering, by providing additional information on phase diagrams. There are two ways to view this project: One way is to go through each page in the standard format and the other way is by utilizing frames. Frames requires an updated version of Netscape but provides you, our reader, a much more interactive experience such as a scrolling glossary and a list of sections. If you hit the back button on the netscape toolbar you will exit the frame format. You can remain in the frames format if you select "back in frame" with the mouse button.

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